These recordings from 1960 feature Sir Malcolm Sargent (RCA Heifetz Scottish
Fantasy) conducting the fabulous London Symphony on these Bert Whyte recordings
at Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London - the same hall used extensively by the
Decca and Kenneth Wilkinson. The performance is slower and more deliberate in
tempo than the RCA Reiner performance yet ever bit as powerful. The 35mm sound
which has a textural richness in the strings that is much more realistic than
any other and with bass that is woofer busting in its power and detail.

The HDAD PLUS which is a two disc set consisting of a two sided DVD-10 disc
containing DVD Audio and DVD Video formats PLUS a bonus CD from a separate 16
bit / 44.1 kHz two channel capture done simultaneously for the CD format to
avoid non-integer down sampling and hence provide for maximum quality for the CD
all transferred directly from the 35mm magnetic film using a vintage Westrex
1551 tape machine, with specially built playback electronics that are vastly
superior to any others used on these machines to playback the original 35mm
tapes. The Len Horowitz / History of Recorded Sound specially modified 1551,
fitted with brand new playback heads matched to the revolutionary playback
electronics was stationed at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. With Len
Horowitz running the playback machine and Bernie Grundman mastering from the
three track 35mm tapes, Classic Records has been able to capture the legendary
sound and performances directly from the 35mm magnetic film through an "ALL
TUBE" tape playback system and at 24 bit resolution and 192 kHz sampling rate
for use in both the two and three channel presentations included on both the DVD
Audio and DVD Video sides of the two sided DVD-10. The level of detail and
dynamics on these discs will stretch all systems to their limits - warn your
woofers!

What is a 24/96 DVD & 24/192 DVD-A? It is a High Quality 24/96 DVD & 24/192 DVD-A Hybrid Digital Audio Disc (HDAD) (Audio-ONLY DVD!) which features both 24-bit/96kHz and 24-bit/192kHz digital sampling rates. This disc is a two sided DVD based disc. One side of the disc is DVD video formatted and contains 24/96 PCM data playable on all DVD video players. The other side contains 24/192 PCM data and is playable on DVD audio players.

Musicians:
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent

Selections:
Respighi
Pines of Rome
1. The Pines of the Villa Borghese
2. The Pines Near a Catacomb
3. The Pines of the Janiculum
4. The Pines of the Appian Way
Fountains of Rome
5. The Fountain of Valle Giulia at Dawn
6. The Triton Fountain
7. The Fountain of Trevi at Mid-day
8. The Fountain of the Villa Medici at Sunset